ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THE CHELYABINSK-KURGAN-OMSK SECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000500540008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 1, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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SUBJECT Road Construction in the Che3 abinsk urger
0msk Sector
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EVALUATION O SOURCE
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PAGES 1 May, 1947
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1. In the sag of 19459 800 German Nos were sent to Chelyabinsk (Vials)
from a camp at Troi,tsk0 From there they went on foot about 100 km,
east into almost deserted territory. May were divided into working
groups of 100 men and were to construct a 1 ter wide straight
road from west to' east. The road-was marked out, but there were no
tools, materials,, transportation, or boarding facilities. 7 he
technical leadership was in the hands of Russian civilian engineers.
2 a In June 1945 s the first implements came, about 50 shove ls and hoes,
and leveling and excavation work began. The road was given a very
strong underlay of granite stones. It took a long time to obtain
these stones and they had to be crushed near the construction work.
The road was to be surfaced later with crushed stone and tar.
According to one of the I '1s who worked on the roads this was part of
a new road east from Chelyabinsk through Kurgan to Omsk. It was to
go from Chelyabinsk west through Zlatous t, Ufa, Ilan, and Gorki to
Moscow. It would be,, therefore, a thoroughfare from Mosam to Omsk.
t1aar Romanians, Bu7.garians, Hungarians e and Poles worked on the
Chelyabinakurgan stretch.
4 Informant stated that In eighteen months his group had saccavated and
laveled about 10 lam. In this sections 4 Ion. of roadbed was finished
except for surfacing.
5a Informant was released from imprisonment because of sickness. Then he
lefts about half of the 800 Germans had died from their sufferer
After the summer of 1946, more Germans were placed to other sections,
but the work went slowly because of lack of organization; the winter
also hindered the work.
6. The old Chelyabinsk Kurgan road was about 400 meters north of the
new red and was one of the usual poor Russian country roads. Com-
mercial planes flew regularly between west and east over the area where
itafol+rmant 9 s group worked.
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